Robert has spent the last week doing odd-job home improvement tasks around the new (for the Pierce family) condo he just bought and moved the family into.  After 6 years and 6 rental houses, the Pierces now own the home they live in.  Cadie has never lived in a home owned by her parents!!  Not that she cares.  Anyway, most of what Robert has done since moving in is remove paint from hinges.  You see, Robert has a disease.  He has a morbid unceasing dread of doorhinges that have been painted over. He can’t think of anything else when in the presence of a door that swings on a big glopy mess. So, while the dozens of cardboard boxes go unpacked and the kids room remain in disarray, he has removed hinges, soaked them in laquer thinner, and reinstalled them.  He’s finished 2.5  of the 10 doors in the place.  At this rate, he will finish sometime in 2024.